“Take courage!
My children!
Cry to God!
You will be remembered
By the one
Who brought this
Upon you.
Just as you purposed
To go astray
From God,
Return
With tenfold zeal
To seek him!
The one who brought
These calamities
Upon you
Will bring you
Everlasting joy
With your salvation.”
This is almost a repeat of what was said earlier in this chapter about courage. These exiled children of Jerusalem should have courage. They should cry to God. Then God would remember them, since he brought these calamites on them because they went astray from him. Thus they should return to God with a tenfold zeal, so that he would bring them everlasting joy and salvation.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 